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46th Battalion C.E.F. fonds

  • MG 176
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1987 (inclusive) ; 1915-1978 (predominant)

This fonds contains records of the 46th Battalion and the scholarship that was set up after the Great War, World War I

46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), C.E.F.√

E.H. Oliver Fonds

  • MG 6
  • Fonds
  • 1870-1935 (inclusive) ; 1914-1932 (predominant)

This fonds contains correspondence, including that between Dr. and Mrs. Oliver while he was serving overseas as a chaplain during World War I; his diary from travels in Europe between 1908-9; his sermons and prayers, articles, addresses; as well as newspaper clippings concerning: the war, Oliver's position as Moderator of the United Church, book reviews, and obituaries. In addition, there are several manuscripts, including the "Minutes of Council of Assiniboia," "The History of the North West Territories," "James Anderson Fonds," "Roman Economic Conditions to the Close of the Empire," and "The Canadian North West: Its Early Development and Legislative Records;" as well as offprints from the transactions of the Royal Society. The fonds also contains some photographs, miscellaneous souvenirs, and Dr. Oliver's diplomas.

Oliver, Edmund Henry

Elliott Brothers World War I Collections

  • MG 436
  • Fonds
  • 1914-1919, 2013-2014 (inclusive) ; 1914-1919 (predominant)

This collection includes memorabilia collected by the two brothers during their World War I service.

Elliott, Arthur James

First Draft to France

Group of young men in uniform. Note on back states "The first draft to France when we were in quarantine. You will notice Hallett, [Channell] & George Cameron. Sgt. Dinnock."

H.C. Johnson fonds

  • MG 189
  • Fonds
  • 1962-1997

This fonds contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, reprints, and notes pertaining to H.C. Johnson's activities and interests during his career at the University of Saskatchewan.

Johnson, Hubert C.

H.R. Sykes fonds

  • MG 577
  • Fonds
  • 1917-1919

One photograph album containing photographs taken by a Canadian soldier between 1917 and 1919.

Sykes, H.R.

JD MacFarlane Photograph Collection

  • MG 307
  • Fonds
  • 1914-1920

This collection includes 7 original photograph albums, primarily documenting life overseas for Canadian servicemen during World War I. In addition to the military images are photographs of the Canadian west, including the Better Farming Train, fairs and livestock exhibitions, and early images of Banff, the Rockies, and Vancouver.

MacFarlane, John Duncan, 1892-1982 (farmer, MLA)

Mansel Robinson fonds

  • MG 358
  • Fonds
  • 1915-2006

This fonds contains material related to the literary career of Mansel Robinson. There is correspondence regarding publishing, staging productions, residencies and grant applications. The fonds also contains drafts and edited scripts, research material, reviews and published material related stage productions. In addition the fonds contains five war diaries and an address book of Geo. J. Collinson who was stationed in France during the Great War.

Robinson, Mansel, 1955- . (playwright)

McConnell Family fonds

  • MG 568
  • Fonds
  • [1903]-2015

: This fonds contains the personal records of an extended family, including photographs, correspondence, and diaries. It documents their interests, careers, and family life predominantly two generations – the Ratcliffes and McConnells. The first accrual documents the interests, careers and family of John and Doreen McConnell and their daughter, Mary Ann. It includes materials related to McConnell’s work in communications, his work for the Canadian and Saskatchewan governments, together with materials relating to his interest in the environment and social and international development issues. It also includes materials relating to his wife, Doreen, who predeceased him. The second accrual adds the records of Doreen’s parents, the Ratcliffes, which includes documents related to their personal life and interests, Elma’s travel, James’ World War I service, and family life.

McConnell, John James

Memorial Gates - Construction

Progress shot of construction of the most westerly gate of the Memorial Gates. Thorvaldson (Chemistry) Building in background.

Bio/Historical Note: The Memorial Gates are a military memorial that is part of the University campus. Sixty-seven University students and faculty lost their lives while on service during World War I. The impact of the war on the University was immense: 330 students and faculty served during the War, a number equivalent to nearly all of the students who had registered the year prior to the beginning of the conflict. The desire to honor the staff and students who had fallen during the Great War was strong within the University community. As early as August 1918, 3 months prior to the formal Armistice, University President Walter C. Murray began making enquiries into the cost of a suitable memorial. What was settled upon were gates made of solid bronze, imported from England; the remainder, made of local greystone. Architect David R. Brown estimated the cost of what would come to be known as the Memorial Gates to be $30,000, with an additional $10,000 required for the memorial. The cement work was done by Richard J. Arrand in 1927-1928. A concerted fundraising effort among students and alumni helped cover the costs. The Memorial Gates were unveiled by President Murray and dedicated by the Bishop of Saskatchewan on 3 May 1928. A stone tablet, positioned between the bronze gates, bears the inscription: "These are they who went forth from this University to the Great War and gave their lives that we might live in freedom." For many years after, the site was used for the university’s Remembrance Day services at which wreaths are still laid every November 11th. These Gates were originally the entrance gates to campus and flanked University Drive. In the 1980s, due to increased traffic to the southwest portion of the campus, primarily Royal University Hospital, a new road entrance was built to the west. The gates remain, with the remnant of University Drive passing through them renamed Memorial Crescent. The gates are now primarily used by pedestrians, though the roadway is open to vehicles.

Scenes from the Front - The Sheaf

From page 81 of the February 1917 Sheaf. Eight scenes from the French Front in 1917. Soldiers are: Charles Neil Cameron, W.A. Paterson, William John Sparling (Jack) Hooper, John Cameron.

Bio/Historical Note: John Cameron was born in 1889 at Greenock, Scotland, and was educated at local schools. His family arrived in Saskatchewan in 1903 and homesteaded near Saskatoon. Cameron enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan by 1912. With war breaking out, he joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, University Unit, in 1915. He went overseas (France) in May 1915. Sergeant Cameron was wounded in April 1916. He rejoined his unit in June 1916, and was again wounded five months later. Cameron was Invalided to Canada and discharged in April 1917. He returned to the U of S and graduated with a BSA in 1918. Cameron was manager of the Saskatchewan Farmers' Mutual Fire Association in Saskatoon for many years.

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